Regarding Sleeping and Status Condition

[Angel Tarragon]

Just something I thought up:

A character can stay awake for a length of time equal to 2/3 of the day plus an extra number of hours equal to half their Con modifier. If they do not sleep after this point they become Fatigued.

For every 4 hours after becoming fatigued, they must make a Con check. for each Con check beyond the first, there is a cumulative -1 penalty to the roll. A failed Con check indicated that the character is Exhausted.

For every 4 hours after becoming exhausted, they must make a Con check with a -2 cumulative penalty to each roll. Should they fail the Con check, the character is too weak to do anything but sleep. After a half a days worth of sleep, the character wakes up completely refreshed.

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Thoughts?

 

[Rhun]

Just something I thought up:

A character can stay awake for a length of time equal to 2/3 of the day plus an extra number of hours equal to half their Con modifier. If they do not sleep after this point they become Fatigued.

So this means an average person would become Fatigued after 16 hours. This seems like too little time to me. I mean, I habitually only get 5-6 hours of sleep a night, and I wouldn't consider myself to be fatigued at all. I would consider setting the time period at 24 hours plus the (full) Con modifier.

For every 4 hours after becoming fatigued, they must make a Con check. for each Con check beyond the first, there is a cumulative -1 penalty to the roll. A failed Con check indicated that the character is Exhausted.

For every 4 hours after becoming exhausted, they must make a Con check with a -2 cumulative penalty to each roll. Should they fail the Con check, the character is too weak to do anything but sleep. After a half a days worth of sleep, the character wakes up completely refreshed.

I have no problem with the rest of this. Seems like a decent mechanic for handling this sort of thing. The only problem I can see is that with bad rolls, a character could become too weak to do anything but sleep very quickly.

 

[DreamChaser]

what about elves who don't sleep but "trance" for 4 hours instead. shouldn't there time be 20 hours?

DC

 

[Angel Tarragon]

So this means an average person would become Fatigued after 16 hours. This seems like too little time to me. I mean, I habitually only get 5-6 hours of sleep a night, and I wouldn't consider myself to be fatigued at all. I would consider setting the time period at 24 hours plus the (full) Con modifier.

Well, as a species we sleep 1/3 of our lives away. As per mental health, we tend to have a clear mind after a good nights sleep. So, I am curious as to why you think the base time period should be bumped up to a full day?

 

[Quickleaf]

Here's something I worked up on sleep deprivation a while ago that models it fairly well.